Slide Rules

Slide Rule Collection

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    Volumes

    1. Vol 1 Three Small Rules — Volume 1 — The K&E 4058C Beginner's Slide Rule Keuffel & Esser's cheapest ten-inch rule, with its box, its 1928 instruction sheet and a student's pencil notes still on the face
    2. Vol 2 Three Small Rules — Volume 2 — The Lawrence 8-B A cheap wooden rule from a small Indiana workshop, its instructions printed on its back, and the family that made it
    3. Vol 3 Three Small Rules — Volume 3 — The U.S. Blue Co. Pocket Rule (Hemmi 32) A Chicago dealer's name on a Japanese bamboo rule: identifying the maker, reading the Prod and Quot marks, and finding the missing cursor